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The Medicare Shared Savings Program. November 2011. Terri L Postma, MD Medical Officer/Senior Advisor Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Overview. CMS vision and goals Major changes in final rule Next steps. ACO Vision. An ACO promotes seamless coordinated care
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The Medicare Shared Savings Program November 2011 Terri L Postma, MD Medical Officer/Senior Advisor Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Overview • CMS vision and goals • Major changes in final rule • Next steps
ACO Vision • An ACO promotes seamless coordinated care • Puts the beneficiary and family at the center • Remembers patients over time and place • Attends carefully to care transitions • Manages resources carefully and respectfully • Proactively manages the beneficiary’s care • Evaluates data to improve care and patient outcomes • Innovates around better health, better care and lower growth in costs through improvement • Invests in team-based care and workforce
CMS’s ACO Strategy: Creating Multiple Pathways with Constant Learning and Improving MSSP: Track 1 & Track 2 Pioneers AdvancePayment
Operating Principles • Creating multiple pathways and on-ramps for organizations to participate • Strong data partnership • Beneficiary notification and engagement • Maintain strong partnership with federal anti-trust agencies • Robust quality measurement and performance monitoring • Stronger business case to participate • Excitement and momentum
Questions? For more information: www.cms.gov/sharedsavingsprogram/ aco@cms.hhs.gov 410-786-8084
